Valentin Vornicu Eliminated in 3rd Place ($39,830)

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Valentin Vornicu started his last hand raising with the ; Eli Elezra took him on for his tournament life, showing his hand at the start: .

Vornicu's hand ran out , with the final card dealt face down.

"I'll look at mine first," said Elezra, squeezing the to add to his kings and the

"That's one of my outs," said Vornicu.

Not one of his outs was the river card, and a handshake later we're heads up.